Alienware 18

Available with Windows 8 - for a smooth, versatile PC experience.\n\nGet the Windows 8.1 update: Increase productivity with a free update from the Windows Store for great new apps and features.\n\n Looks and performs like no other\n\nThe Alienware 18 is a monster gaming powerhouse. Every detail is engineered to give you the most intense experience possible. A durable and sophisticated design is made for performance with an outer anodized-aluminum shell surface, reinforced by a magnesium alloy frame to protect the LCD.\n\n Unleash awesome with overclocking\n\nAlienware 18 is the most powerful 18" laptop in the universe. With 4th generation Intel Core i7 processors and optional overclocking, you can experience a maximum speed of up to 4.3GHz. Unleash the speed and performance you need to dominate in everything you do.\n\n Maximum performance with dual graphics\n\nYou can get in the game like never before with dual GPUs that deliver increased performance, better image rendering and higher frame rates. Charge through the most intense stages of your favorite games with up to 4GB GDDR5 memory in the available NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M GPUs. For added impact, NVIDIA PhysX brings your games to life with dynamic, interactive environments while NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical Sync prevents image tearing.\n\n The next generation of immersive gaming\n\nPump up your audio experience:Get the power and nuance of cinema sound straight from your laptop. The speakers are certified by sound engineers from Klipsch and the system comes preloaded with Dolby Home Theater v4 software for extraordinary audio and an easy interface — whether you’re gaming or enjoying other media.\n\nTake your view to the next level:The new Alienware 18 offers an expansive 18.4" Full HD TrueLife display. With rich, vibrant colors and wide angles, your games will look amazing from any view. Expand your view by connecting to an HDTV, and experience 3D gaming in all its glory.\n\n Connect and conquer\n\nA built-in Killer Gigabit Ethernet NIC identifies and prioritizes your network traffic so latency-sensitive streams that require maximum speed, like games or video chat, are prioritized over less-important traffic. See which applications are hogging your bandwidth and limit them using Visual Bandwidth Control so they don’t interfere with your games. Or go wireless with a Broadcom 5G WiFi adapter for faster speeds, better range and improved battery life.\n\n Massive storage and monster speed\n\nMake your Alienware system a vault of games, movies and music with an optional 1TB Quad Play RAID 0 solid state drive (SSD) — that’s four 256GB SSDs in a RAID 0 configuration. You get faster boot speeds, data access times and the ability to write massive amounts of data in a flash with minimal battery life consumption or system noise.\n\n Plug in with plenty of ports\n\nPlenty of ports: Whether you want to plug into an external display, speaker or transfer movies and music, we got you covered with all the ports you need. Alienware 17 comes with an RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet IPv6, three SuperSpeed USB 3.0 and one USB 3.0 port with PowerShare technology (allows you to charge USB devices when the computer is turned off or in standby mode), a mini display port, HDMI 1.4 output / 1.3 input, 9-in-1 media card reader and more.\n\n Ultimate control. All from one place.\n\nChange how you experience the game. The redesigned Alienware Command Center 3.0 lets you choose lighting and special effects, accelerate your gaming performance, monitor in-game results, and more — all in one hub.\n\n AlienFX system lighting\n\nCreate custom lighting and special effects to suit your unique gaming style. Apply 20 different colors to 10 different zones (including rear panel, chassis surround and track pad) for up to 10,240 billion color combinations.